Freelance Editor, Proofreader & Translator


I worked for ten years as an editor and senior editor at Carolrhoda Books in Minneapolis. Since 2000, I’ve been freelancing as an editor, proofreader, and translator based in the Twin Cities. I’ve worked on books and magazines for children and adults. Here are a few of the projects I’ve had a hand in:


Hard Work and a Good Deal: The Civilian Conservation Corps in Minnesota (2008, forthcoming) freelance editing for Minnesota Historical Society Press, St. Paul, MN

Battles & Weapons (2007) freelance editing for Two-Can Publishing, Minnetonka, MN

Meet the Woolly Mammoth (Les dessous du mammouth) translation from French for Two-Can Publishing, Minnetonka, MN

Fish & Wildlife Today freelance copyediting and proofreading for Minnesota DNR webzine

Roots freelance proofreading for the Minnesota Historical Society’s children’s history magazine


Services


  1. •substantive editing

  2. •developmental editing

  3. •copyediting

  4. •proofreading

  5. •manuscript evaluation

  6. •summary and complete translation (French/English)

  7. •research

  8. •manuscript critique (for unpublished work)


Fees


Negotiable on a per-project basis.


contact


via email

 

Gwenyth Swain editor, proofreader & translator

Hard Work and a Good Deal written by Barbara Sommer and freelance edited by Gwenyth Swain for Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2008.

Children’s books edited or translated by Gwenyth Swain.